CONTENTS 



CHAPTEE I 



FIRST GLIMPSES OF CELEBES 



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Arrival at Makassar— Objects of my visit to Celebes — Area and physical 

 features of the island— Makassar — Private theatricals — 'Eunning 

 amuck ' — Sail for Manado — Beauty of the coast scenery — Manado 

 Bay — Interview with the Eesident of Manado — Etiquette— News of 

 H.M.S. 'Flying Fish '—The Government of the district— The 

 inhabitants — Start for Talisse — Unpunctnahty of the Malay races 

 — Whistling for the wind — Talisse coral reefs— Koa — H.M.S. 'Fly- 

 ing Fish ' 1 



CHAPTEE II 



ON BOARD H.M.S. ' FLYING FISH ' 



The characteristics of Talisse Sea — Babirusa hunt — Characters of the 

 forest — The flora — The fauna — Luncheon on the sea-shore — Sand- 

 pipers— Eace with a native prau— Visit toBohoi Promontory — The 

 shore platform — The character of the coral reefs — Conditions 

 favourable to coral growth — Practical importance of the knowledge 

 of the conditions favourable to coral growth — Bohoi Bay — Flight of 

 the natives — Jumping crabs and fishes — Periophthahnus — lAmb^ 

 Island — Batu Kapal — Eooper Point — Wallace Bay — Manado . . 17 



CHAPTEE III 



ON BOARD H.M.S. ' FLYING FISH ' — Continued 



Sail for Euang — Visit to the Eajah and the missionary of Tagulandang 

 — Eeturn to Tindela — Back again to the Euang — ' Loods ' — Attempt 

 to walk round the Euang Island — Maleos — Ascent of the volcano — 

 Fauna of the woods — The lip of the crater — Magnificent view of 

 the neighbouring islands — Eefusal of our guides to proceed to the 



